Vaccination rates are up, but there's fear Black and Latino men will continue waiting until they almost die from COVID-19 or watch people they know die before getting vaccinated.
Bullock said he has lost count of how many people have tweeted or sent him messages saying they or their children got vaccinated after seeing his videos.
Dr. Efrain Talamantes, chief operating officer of AltaMed Health Services, which runs community clinics throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties, said many of the young men he’s spoken with about vaccines “do not see COVID-19 as an immediate threat to their lives.” In Koreatown, Jose De Leon and his wife stopped going out with their three children when COVID-19 hit last year except for food and walks outside with masks on. Back in the car everyone uses hand sanitizer, and when they return home they remove their clothes and put them in a bag until they can be washed.“You still have the chance of getting it, it doesn’t matter if you’re vaccinated or not,” De Leon said.
“I’ve been around people who had COVID and I haven’t gotten it,” De Leon said. “When I do get [COVID], I’ll get it. I’m not scared.” For Samano, he asked himself: If the vaccine was going to help him even a little bit, why not get it?
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